SERVICES
BSE aims to alleviate the stress associated with organizing events, allowing non-profit clients to focus on stewarding and cultivating donor relationships by offering comprehensive and tailored solutions for events of every size. Don’t see what you’re looking for listed below? Shoot us a message and let’s talk!
Comprehensive Event Planning
This is the everything package. We listen closely to your ideas, offer expert advice, and transform your dreams into a meticulously planned reality. Our team handles the design, logistics, and troubleshooting, allowing you to savor every moment without worrying about the details.
Initial Consultation
Event Design
Venue & Vendor Management
Auction Management
Logistics Coordination
Content Creation (slide decks and print collateral)
On-site Management
Post-Event Wrap-Up
Book 9-12 months in advance.
Bespoke Planning
Designed for smaller development departments and/or leaner events, this package focuses on project management to take on the administrative work necessary to keep your event on track and freeing up staff time for other important duties. You bring the budget, the goals, and the committee, we’ll keep everything running smoothly.
Initial Consultation
Venue & Vendor Management
Logistics Coordination
On-site Management
Post-Event Wrap-Up
Book 6 months in advance. Most work is concentrated in the three months leading up to event day.
Auction Management
One of the most critical components to a fundraising gala is the auction. This package focuses on pre-event management of auction related activities and software and ends with day-of event coordination. Keep your committee, staff, and board focused on getting the right bidders in the room, nurturing relationships with donors, and bringing in corporate sponsors. Auction management can be booked as a stand-alone service or in tandem with bespoke planning.
Consultation on procurement strategy
Data entry to auction software
Catalog copywriting & image procurement
Creation of print and digital auction displays
*Please note, BSE does not offer any auction item procurement services.
Book 6 months in advance.
Registration & Auction Software Support
Pre-event support to help you set up your registration and auction software, create your ticketing website, import ticket sales from other platforms if needed, and import auction items. On-site support includes a registration lead to assist with guest troubleshooting, live auction clerking, auction data entry, and supervision of auction check-out. Laptops, ipads, and printers available for rent as needed for an additional fee.
Platforms supported: Greater Giving, GiveSmart, ClickBid, Swell, OneCause, Give Lively
Book 6 months in advance. Options available for pre-event support or day of event service only.
Live Auction Underbid Recording & Data Analysis
Capture a more comprehensive view of your auction and translate this information into a tool for year-round fundraising and strategize for your next event.
You may know who won the yacht experience in your live auction for $16,000, but do you know who “lost” that opportunity for $15,000? Do you know the percentage of your audience engaged in your live auction, your fund-a-need, and where that engagement overlaps? Do you know the correlation between a guest’s highest bid in the auction and their gift in the fund-a-need? When you start preparing your auction procurement lists, do you know how your auction lots have been trending from year to year?
Book 3-6 months in advance. This is an event day only service.
Hourly Consulting
Not ready to book a planning package but need some support for your event? Schedule an appointment for hourly consulting on auction software optimization, Greater Giving training and support, event timeline creation, best practices for mobile bidding, auction procurement, or any other topic related to your upcoming fundraising event.